The 69-year-old politician is a complicated personality, whose revolutionary father was known as a pragmatic political moderate, who defended a socialist vision mixed with Chinese nationalism.
President Xi's statement came after Chinese air force mounted four straight days of incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone from October 1, involving close to 150 aircraft, though those missions have since ended.
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